posted December 05, 2005 03:36 PM         

this is not Linda Goodman does the forum

this is a disgrace

posted December 05, 2005 03:46 PM         

the mysteries are not about sex
making love is natural creation

the mysteries to enlightenment
are why we are here

posted December 05, 2005 04:16 PM         

Anyone with concerns should e mail Randall or forums moderator. Their e mail address`s appear under their forums name; click on their name and voice your concerns to those who can make the difference.

posted December 05, 2005 05:04 PM         

we don't even really need to ask the moderator to "do their job" because, if you take a look at the Forum Rules, certain threads are in breach of them.

I posted the Rules in the "other topical" thread, but I'll repost them here too.

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posted December 05, 2005 05:08 PM         

It seems a lot of rules are being broken, probably inadvertently (I know that I didn't remember all the rules.)

posted December 05, 2005 05:09 PM         

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posted December 05, 2005 05:21 PM         

I take your point that if you are offended, you should contact the moderator, however, if the thread is in breach of the forum rules, it should be removed (without anybody having to request this).

posted December 05, 2005 05:38 PM         

I know that on some other forums, it is the moderator's role to read every single post in their individual forum. Some of these forums are huge, so they have several moderators that live in different time zones, so one way or another - the breaching threads don't get to see much light of day.

I have to say that as I am ignorant about the moderators' roles here at Lindaland, I went to Q&A to see what it says:

Moderators
Moderators control individual forums. They can edit, delete, or prune any posts in their forums. If you have a question about a particular forum, you should direct it to your forum moderator.

Hmm, that really doesn't tell us much. I'm guessing there would be guidelines and/or some form of training for the moddies here.

posted December 06, 2005 03:25 AM         

Thank you for posting the rules purple_scorp. I hadnt read them myself in awhile.

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posted December 06, 2005 03:37 AM         

It seems like that thread has calmed down a bit. Alot of people have voiced their views on the subject. Maybe we can let that one go? I dont think you meant any harm by it. This is just a heated subject on the site at the moment.

We live and learn, right?

I'm not one that has ever liked to follow anyone else's rules, but maybe - now that we've been reminded of what they are here - we could have respect for this site, and follow them a little better?

posted December 06, 2005 04:19 AM         

But, in my own personal and oh-so-humble opinion, I don't think "Sexually Oriented" fits in there with abusive, hateful, threatening, etc. I mean, it's like saying that the sexually oriented is down at the same level as the rest of them, which of course it isn't. I can see why there might be a reason to some to want to avoid discussion of sex and the like, to keep this site kid-friendly and all, but...

Oh, I don't know. I just thought Peace's thread was funny and interesting, ( much more interesting later, though ), and I just hate to see sex lumped in with the profane and the obscene and the rest of them. I guess I just have strong feelings about this issue.

But, like I said, you're certainly right - this is Randall's site, after all, and his rules are da rules.

posted December 06, 2005 06:15 AM         

Threads of an explicitly sexual manner, I don't think, belong here. HOWEVER, sexuality/relationships/how each sign relates to the opposite sex I think is important in an astrology forum because that is one aspect that makes us unique

I think you will fine Linda's "Love Signs" goes into a fair amount of explanation of this, sooooooo, maybe it's not so bad.

posted December 06, 2005 10:02 AM         

The end.